Brazilian player's fold of KK pre-flop shocks and saves the Brazilian in the WSOP Main Event.

The WSOP Main Event is a tournament like no other, and this year's edition, already a record-breaker, is proving to be full of interesting hands. After the questionable folds of Lingkun Lu, who folded JJ , and Ethaun Yau, who folded AQo , this time the situation was even more absurd, involving a pre-flop fold of KK.

Better for Paulo Joanello who, instead of being eliminated from the tournament on Day 1D, managed to qualify for Day 2 with a stack of 30.600 chips. The strange decision was made by the American Jasen Currie, who shocked the broadcast team and must have regretted it greatly after seeing the showdown and the board that followed.

Be honest… are you ever folding kings in this spot? pic.twitter.com/dfNyo4E2c8

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The blinds were at 300/500 with a big blind ante, and Currie raised to 1.300 from the button with KK. In the small blind with 88 and only 11.500 chips, Joanello, one of the Brazilian WSOP bracelet winners, went all in. Vito DiStefano was in the big blind with AQo and made a play that ended up saving Joanello.

The player opted for a 4-bet to 30.000, which apparently signaled a lot of strength for Currie. So much so that, after thinking for a few minutes, the American decided to fold pre-flop with the second-best hand in poker. The board 932T9, which gave Joanello the double-up, would have given Currie the victory. (SuperPoker )